U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, a Transformation in Contact (TiC) enabled Battalion, and 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conduct a counter landing live fire in Northern Luzon, Philippines alongside U.S. Marines with the 3d Marine Littoral Regiment and Servicemembers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, in support of Exercise Balikatan 25, at Aparri, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, May 3, 2025. This exercise enhanced combined readiness by training U.S. and Philippine forces to counter a simulated adversary assault on key maritime terrain.
Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed...
Fort Magsaysay, Luzon, Philippines - On a balmy morning in Central Luzon, the thunder of marching boots echoed through the grounds of Fort Magsaysay as Soldiers from both the United States Army and the Philippine Army took part in an 8.3-mile road march to honor the 83rd anniversary of the Bataan Death March. The event served as a powerful tribute to the bravery, resilience, and enduring alliance between the two nations forged during one of...
